HONG KONG (Xinhua): Hong Kong will close beauty salons and massage parlours for 14 days since Friday (April 10), an official statement said Wednesday, adding to a string of social distancing measures to fight the Covid-19 epidemic.
The new move aims to curb local transmission of the virus as the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases had risen to 935 in Hong Kong by Tuesday noon after a drastic increase during the past weeks, with many patients having no travel history, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government said.
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